There's no question that something nasty has been going on in the Ukrainian economy leading to unrest. It's fortunate that we can still print money and hand it out. When the ability to do that comes to an end, places that go up in flames like Ukraine did last week are going to be on their own.

Hmm. I'm dubious of your claims. Sounds like a lot of IMF flim-flammery to me. I removed the definite article before the word "Ukraine" in the title and the rest of the post and then checked my bank accounts. No change.

However, I did note that my use of the word "comrade" decreased by 14%.

From http://www.heritage.org/index/country/ukraine"Ukraine has well-developed agricultural and industrial sectors, but dependence on steel and steel-product exports makes it vulnerable to global financial turmoil and Russian pressure. Its geostrategic location provides a vital energy transit route from Russia to Western Europe.""The top individual income tax rate is 17 percent, and the corporate tax rate was cut to 19 percent effective January 2013."Getting rid of corruption should lead to prosperity.